22 September 2021 Overnight, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced to the United Nations General Assembly that China “will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad”. The statement follows similar announcements made earlier this year by Japan and South...
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Mineral Commodities Ltd chairman accuses a South African proxy holder of abandoning his country at AGM
Community concerns about MRC's operations include a nearby cliff collapse at the Tormin mine on South Africa's West Coast in 2015. Credit: Ground Up News Mineral Commodities Limited (MRC) is a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, which operates in...
“If the benchmark is 1.5ºC we should measure ourselves against it” says Alumina chairman
23 May 2019 Alumina Limited is one of Australia’s top ASX-listed mining companies. As its name suggests, the company focuses on alumina, the material refined from bauxite and used for aluminium production. Australia is the second largest alumina producer in the...
Nothing explosive about Orica’s climate disclosures
Orica provide explosives, blasting and tunnelling services to the mining, oil and gas, and construction industries. Unlike some of its industry peers, Orica’s published reports do give shareholders some sense of reality: the company accepts the science of climate...
Evolution Mining doesn’t apply gold standard to climate risk disclosure
22 November 2018 Evolution Mining is a gold mining company with operations mainly in Queensland and Western Australia. The gold miner scored dismally low in our latest Investing in the Dark research released in August. The company has not: clearly acknowledged the...
Newcrest Mining confused about its own climate risks
14 November 2018 “Newcrest is not a political party so it doesn’t necessarily take a position on whether the Paris accord is a good idea or a bad idea,” said Peter Hay, chairman of Newcrest Mining, at the company’s annual general meeting yesterday. "It’s up to the...